Kui language

E111784

The Kui language is a South-Central Dravidian language spoken primarily by tribal communities in eastern India, especially in the state of Odisha.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kui language canonical 11
Kuvi language 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dravidian language
South-Central Dravidian language
language
alternativeName Kandh language
Kuvi
belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup Khond
linked to: Kharia
closelyRelatedTo Gondi language
Kuvi language
country India
endangermentStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeTransliteration Kuy
hasCaseSystem rich case marking
hasLiterature limited written literature
hasLoanwordsFrom Odia language
linked to: Odia
hasMediaUse local radio programs
hasMorphologyType agglutinative
hasNumberOfSpeakers hundreds of thousands
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
retroflex consonants
hasPronounSystem inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural
hasTenseAspectSystem multiple tense and aspect distinctions
hasTypologicalFeature postpositions instead of prepositions
verb-final syntax
hasWordOrder SOV
influencedBy Odia language
linked to: Odia
ISO639-3Code kxu
languageFamily Dravidian language family
linked to: Dravidian languages
region Andhra Pradesh
Odisha
linked to: Orissa
spokenBy Kandha tribal communities
Khond people
spokenIn Boudh district
Gajapati district
India
Kalahandi district
Kandhamal district
Odisha
linked to: Orissa

Rayagada district
eastern India
subfamily South-Central Dravidian
subgroup Gondi–Kui group
usedFor daily communication
folk songs
oral tradition
rituals
usedInEducation primary level in some local schools
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

Odia script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gondi closelyRelatedTo Kui language
Gondi closelyRelatedTo Kuvi language
linked to: Kui language
Odia script usedFor Kui language
Odia script usedFor Kuvi language
linked to: Kui language
Southern Gondi closelyRelatedTo Kui language
Gondi language closelyRelatedTo Kui language
Kuvi relatedTo Kui language
Pengo closelyRelatedTo Kui language
Gondi–Kui subgroup includes Kui language
Gondi–Kui subgroup hasMember Kui language
Koya relatedTo Kui language
Manda relatedTo Kui language
Konda-Dora hasCloseRelation Kui language